2021 Essential Financial and Operating Information for the 100 Largest For-Hire Carriers in North America
Up Front
After navigating COVID-19's disruption, trucking now has entered a historically strong business environment.
Find out where the Top 100 are located by North American region.
Small carriers often were hardest hit by COVID, but large fleets faced challenges, too.
Rankings
Rank Company Revenue (000)
1 Diligent Delivery Systems 7,140
est
2 NFI 19,000
3 Bowers Trucking 20,000
4 Halvor Lines 23,700
est
5 Bison Transport 24,471
6 Day & Ross 24,543
7 Canada Cartage System 25,125
8 C.R. England 26,300
est
9 Koch Cos. 28,008
10 Challenger Motor Freight 34,500
11 AFC Transport 35,000
12 JLE Industries 52,848
est
13 Long Haul Trucking 80,407
14 PI & I Motor Express 81,000
est
15 Fraley & Schilling 89,000
est
16 Montgomery Transport 100,469
17 Roehl Transport 114,961
est
18 Cardinal Logistics 116,800
19 Evans Delivery 132,000
20 R&R Express 144,780
21 Acme Truck Line 145,000
22 Beemac Trucking 155,616
23 CRST The Transportation Solution 158,673
24 Western Express 180,375
25 System Transport 185,000
26 Prime Inc. 200,998
27 PGT Trucking 231,204
28 United Vision Logistics 261,000
est
29 Melton Truck Lines 292,125
30 Mercer Transportation Co. 305,576
31 Maverick USA 389,182
est
32 TMC Transportation 450,000
est
33 Bennett Family of Companies 489,373
34 PS Logistics 677,000
35 Anderson Trucking Service 796,978
36 Daseke Inc. 1,199,300
37 Landstar System 1,202,295
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On the Bubble

Diligent Delivery Systems ($238 million), is a full-service carrier based in Houston.
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For-Hire News
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Uber Offers to Return Parcels for $5

Uber said Oct. 4 that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores. 

Dee-Ann Durbin | Associated Press
October 4, 2023
Business, Technology, Safety, For-Hire

Cyberattack Hits Estes Express Lines’ IT Systems

Estes Express Lines on Oct. 3 confirmed that its IT systems were the target of an ongoing cyberattack, but said its trucks were still moving freight.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 3, 2023
Business, Technology, For-Hire

Heartland Express Deploys Isaac In-Cab Technology

Truckload carrier Heartland Express has deployed Isaac Instruments’ in-cab telematics system across its fleet, the companies said in a joint announcement.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
September 28, 2023
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Private, Global Freight

UPS to Hire 30,000 Extra Drivers for Peak Season

UPS Inc. is set to hire more than 30,000 additional drivers for peak season, a mix of package car drivers, commercial driver license drivers and seasonal support drivers.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 27, 2023
Business, For-Hire, TCA

UPS Looks to Add 100,000 Workers for the Holidays

UPS Inc. said Sept. 26 it plans to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers for the peak holiday shipping season this year.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 26, 2023
Business, For-Hire

FedEx Beats Quarterly Wall Street Profit Expectations

FedEx Corp. posted a higher profit than Wall Street expected in its most recent quarter, but trimmed expectations for the full-year period.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire, Private

Experts: Freight Environment Unlikely to Improve Much Soon

Executives across multiple segments of the trucking industry expect the freight environment to take considerable time to improve substantially.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 20, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, For-Hire

Doug Nickles Crowned TMCSuperTech Grand Champion

CLEVELAND — Doug Nickles from FedEx Freight earned his first TMCSuperTech grand champion honor at ATA's  Technology & Maintenance Council’s National Technicians Skills Competition.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
September 20, 2023
Business, Fuel, For-Hire, Private

Love’s Travel Stops No. 1 on Happiest Employees List

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a family-run chain of truck stops founded nearly 60 years ago, topped storied firms like IBM, Nike and Apple in a new ranking of employee well-being.

Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg News
September 20, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Nearshoring Boom Faces Growing Pains

The escalation of nearshoring this year has brought an increased need to bolster infrastructure investments and supply chain operations, according to experts.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
September 13, 2023
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